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  • Somewhere Along the Way

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    Somewhere Along the Way

    Before leaving for Scotland, I watched the movie “Wild” starring Reese Witherspoon, based upon the book by Cheryl Strayed chronicling her journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. I related to the feelings of being stuck, and not understanding the next move or where that move would take me–only knowing the intense desire and undeniable need…

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  • The Intern Life: Scottish Parliament

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    The Intern Life: Scottish Parliament

    6:45 – Wake up! I know it’s early, but get excited to start a new day at Parliament! 7:50 – Leave Robertson’s Close (your University of Edinburgh accommodation) and start your walk to Holyrood Feel free to stop in Holyrood cafe, Starbucks, Cafe Nero, or the Parliament cafeteria for breakfast along the way. (Tip: What we call ‘coffee’ Scots call…

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  • How Golf Defined My Experience in Scotland

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    How Golf Defined My Experience in Scotland

    The bus left our hotel in Edinburgh where we had our orientation bright and early that morning. Within an hour, my new friends and I were pulling into the quaint town of St Andrews, but it wasn’t the town I had travelled so far to see. Ruth, our lovely Program Director, took us on an…

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  • Discovering the City: A Digital Story

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    Discovering the City: A Digital Story

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUGBCuhTXls Ava Goepfert is a student at Gustavus Adolphus College and studied abroad with IFSA at the University of Edinburgh in 2011

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